After a teammate crashes with 1km to go and slowed nearly the entire front of the peloton, Sam Bennett (Deceuninck–Quick-Step) took the stage win with a long sprint at the Vuelta a Burgos.
Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) came in second, five seconds behind, ahead of Giacomo Nizzolo (NTT).
“Coming into the final corner, I was up there. I had look a look around after the crash to see who was there, and everybody had sort of paused so I decided to go,” Bennett said.
“It was longer than I remembered and it was really hard, but I was really happy to take that win. I really needed it.”
Remco Evenepoel holds the general classification lead in the Spanish race.
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— País do Ciclismo (@DoCiclismo) July 31, 2020
Vuelta a Burgos 2020 – stage 4 results (Gumiel de Izán – Roa de Duero):
| 1 | Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) |
3:51:19 |
| 2 | Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) |
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| 3 | Giacomo Nizzolo (NTT) |
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| 4 | Davide Cimolai (Israel Start-Up Nation) |
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| 5 | Lionel Taminiaux (Bingoal WB) |
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| 6 | Biniam Hailu (Nippo Delko Provence) |
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| 7 | Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) |
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| 8 | Martin Laas (Bora-hansgrohe) |
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| 9 | Alexander Edmondson (Mitchelton-Scott) |
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| 10 | Rick Zabel (Israel Start-Up Nation) |
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Vuelta a Burgos 2020 – general classification after stage 4:
| 1 | Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) |
15:26:35 |
| 2 | George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma) |
+18” |
| 3 | Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren) |
+32” |
| 4 | Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott) |
+35” |
| 5 | João Almeida (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) |
+45” |
| 6 | Ben Hermans (Israel Start-Up Nation) |
+52” |
| 7 | Richard Carapaz (Team Ineos) |
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| 8 | Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates) |
+01’03” |
| 9 | David De la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates) |
+01’33” |
| 10 | Mikel Nieve (Mitchelton-Scott) |
+01’35” |
